Shareef Sarhan is a photographer born in 1976 in Gaza. He is a founding member of the Gaza-based art space Shababek for Contemporary Art. He is a member of the Palestinian Artists Association and received an arts diploma from the International Correspondence School (ICS). He participated in the Darat al Funun Summer Academy in Jordan in 2015. In successive years, he took part in the Union of Arab Photographers Competition where he received the Appreciation Award in 2007 and the Bronze Award in 2008. He produced the illustrated book Gaza Lives in 2012.